| I've always been a bit of a closet weather | | | | Since we're in a fairly windy area, it would also be |
| enthusiast. Ask me what the weather's going to | | | | interesting to see what speed the wind gusts are |
| do, and I'd give you a 3-4 day forecast off the | | | | getting up to, so as soon as I can afford it I'd like |
| top of my head. | | | | to get a La Crosse professional weather station, |
| Well that got a bit embarrassing when the | | | | which also measures wind direction and wind chill |
| weather turned out differently, and I've had to | | | | factor, dew point, and rainfall. The pro weather |
| take some good-natured kidding. However, things | | | | station can tell the rainfall over 1 hour, 24 hours |
| have changed since I got my own wireless | | | | and total rainfall - just as well all data can be |
| weather station! The base receiver sits on my | | | | uploaded to a PC so one can review the stats |
| desk, and I have access at a glance to a range of | | | | over a period. I remember how my father-in-law |
| weather data, which is measured right at my | | | | painstakingly used to record daily rainfall on the |
| place rather than the general weather forecast | | | | farm into a notebook and then manually calculate |
| for the area, and that has improved my forecast | | | | weekly, monthly and annual rainfall. I can't imagine |
| hit rate considerably. | | | | where I'd find the time nowadays... |
| Most of the info is for recording purposes only, | | | | What's also neat about wireless weather stations |
| and I am particularly interested in what the max | | | | is that they provide a wide range of alarm |
| min temperatures are doing, and the forecast | | | | settings, which one can set to warn of stormy |
| icons give a good indicator of where the weather | | | | weather, high winds, critical temperatures etc., but |
| pattern is headed. In addition to temperature, the | | | | I'll stop dreaming for the moment - hopefully I can |
| unit also measures barometric pressure and | | | | get that pro weather station soon. |
| humidity (indoor and out, including max/min). | | | | |